When Does SHS7 Delete the Audio (wav file) ?

Does SHS7 ever delete the audio file (wav) file associated with a project (cwp) ?

I've tried selecting the audio clip in the track view and deleting it.  The audio file is not deleted.
I've tried deleting the track (with the audio clip still showing in the track view).  The audio file is not deleted.
I've tried deleting the audio clip in the track view and then deleting the track.  The audio file is not deleted.

I know I can find orphaned audio files with CWAF and then delete them.  But I thought that SHS7 would tidy things up and delete the audio file when appropriate.

I started the testing described above because I was wondering how SHS7 handled the case of deleting clips and tracks when two different projects reference the same audio file.  I guess SHS7 avoids such issues by never deleting an audio file?

--Larry

I'm still wondering when, if ever, SHS7 will delete an audio file.  I guess I wasn't totally clear on the context for deleting audio.  I meant when doing things like deleting clips, or tracks or even entire projects.  In those contexts I'm thinking that "never" is the answer.

SHS7 has a "Clean Audio Folder..." function on the Tools menu but it is amazingly limited.

ProAudio9 came with Cakewalk Audio Finder V2 which was good for that era.
SHS7 comes with Cakewalk Audio Finder (CWAF) V4 which is much more flexible.  You can limit where you search.  You can limit what you search for (individually select .wrk, .cwp, .tpl or .cwt) files.  It then shows you which audio files are referenced by a project.  Or which project references a specific audio file.  And it lists missing and orphaned audio files in addition to all the referenced ones.  And then you can move selected audio files (to the trash, for example).

So, CWAF is a nice tool for dealing with audio files and doing a cleanup when necessary.

--Larry

It will only delete the file from your project, not the audio folder( I believe for safety, so you don't delete a file completely in case you want to reopen it in your project again). To completely remove a file (sending it to trash bin) is to consolidate your project audio using the options menu and selecting consolidate audio(Might be labeled different I think that's what Pro Tools labels there's)... this removes all the files you are not currently using in your project from the Audio folder for that project.